When I started writing the Leathan Wilkey series, beyond telling the stories, I was interested to look at two aspects of modern life: first, how an individual survives without many comparatively modern items that we now take for granted, and second, how we ascribe value …
last updated: 17 March 2019; people: Leathan Wilkey tags: barter money digital footprint value
In Tattoo Your Name on My Heart Boniface finds himself the Surrey Hills. If you want archetypal gentle rolling English hills, near London, then take a look.
last updated: 10 March 2019; people: Boniface tags: Surrey Hills Tattoo Your Name on My Heart
Some of the key scenes in Tattoo Your Name on My Heart are set in the old church at Albury. Let me show you round the location that provided the inspiration.
last updated: 9 March 2019; people: Boniface Augustus Pugin tags: Tattoo Your Name on My Heart
Behind every book, and woven into every story, is a mix of ideas and influences. If you want to know more about the story behind the story in my books—the ideas, the influences, the characters, the real world events—then start here.
last updated: 3 December 2018;
Some music is evocative of time or place. There are two tracks that, whenever I hear them, I think: Leathan Wilkey in Paris.
last updated: 14 October 2018; people: Gary Moore Phil Lynott Leathan Wilkey tags: Parisienne Walkways Paris One Day the Messiah Will Come guitar
When I was writing Tattoo Your Name on My Heart, I had a need for a minor character—a guitarist who plays in the fictional rock band Prickle. Luca Parzani is that character. In crafting Luca, I took inspiration from real life.
last updated: 10 April 2018; people: Michael Schenker Boniface tags: Tattoo Your Name on My Heart UFO guitar
Before I wrote the first Leathan Wilkey book, I had the notion of a character who was later called Leathan. I had an idea of someone who was very human. A man who connected with people on a very human level. But a man, for whom life was difficult because of his unique …
last updated: 10 October 2017; people: Leathan Wilkey tags: Diplomatic Baggage
Did you know that leather floors are a thing? Instead of carpets, tiles, or wood to cover the floor, you can have leather. Yeah, I didn’t know either.
last updated: 13 June 2017; people: Clementina Leathan Wilkey tags: leather floors
The Leathan Series: Order of Reading/Writing
If you’ve ever wondered about the order of the Leathan Wilkey series of novels…
last updated: 13 June 2017; people: Leathan Wilkey
I set my second series—the Leathan Wilkey series—in Paris. I knew I wanted to set the books in a different city, I just wasn’t sure which city. All I really knew was that Leathan wasn’t going to be in London. And much of the reason for this …
last updated: 9 May 2017; people: Leathan Wilkey tags: Paris London
I had an idea for a second series of books which became the Leathan Wilkey series. I wasn’t certain about the location—Budapest and Sarajevo were possibilities—but the most likely location was Paris. So I went to Paris to have a look.
last updated: 10 January 2017; people: Leathan Wilkey tags: Bag Man Paris research